TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Using social media data to understand and assess disasters
JO  - Natural hazards
A1  - Guan, Xiangyang
A1  - Chen, Cynthia
SP  - 837
EP  - 850
VL  - 74
IS  - 2
N2  - This paper contributes to the understanding of disasters from the perspective of social media activities. We develop a measure based on Twitter activities that can be used to quantify the evolution of disasters and thus demonstrate temporal-spatial patterns of Twitter activities particularly near the coastline and in large urban areas during Hurricane Sandy. We also show a close relationship between hurricane damages and Twitter activities. Our findings suggest the potential of using social media activities for rapid damage assessment.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0921-030X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-014-1217-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -